Monday, May 20, 2013

The snow has been gone from my back yard now for a little more then a
week, and the final weekend at Alpental on May 4/5 turned out to be
great. Sunshine, and I hear huge crowds on Sunday. I only went Saturday
and crowds were moderate and weather excellent.
EVO is starting their work up at the Summit and the ski area is speeding
along with the work on the Silver Fir lodge. Snow is melted up to
about 3800' and melting quickly as normal. Last snowfall was May 1 so
far and the season ending snowfall total at my count is 319". Another
fun season!
Base: 0

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

After a short heat wave it has cooled back down to winter temps and lots
of snow. 1 1/2' fell over the weekend and it is still falling today.
Lifts are closed during the week at all areas and Central has been
scheduled for its final weekend coming this next sat/sun then Alpental
will finish out the year to the 5th.Base: 5'

Monday, April 1, 2013

So, the weekend before last we got dumped on, 3' of new snow followed by
almost summertime heat, sunshine and temps hitting the 60's. The melt
is on and we've lost 1.5-2' of snow the past week. My stick was over 6
1/2' after the snowfall and now is just a tad under 5' and shrinking. I
haven't seen the temp drop below 34 degrees in more then 9 days at
least. Night skiing is done, West and Hyak are closed and weekdays at
Alpental is shortened to Thur-Sun starting next week. The end is near
but it looks like it might just eek out to May5. Snow is in the
forecast this coming weekend.Base: 5'

Monday, March 25, 2013

After a pretty quiet March we ended up with a week that dumped almost 3'
of snow for our final weekend of Hyak operation. The snow ended Friday
with Saturday being mostly sunny and cold to start and lots of powder,
then finishing up Sunday with intermittent sunshine and not quite as
warm. The ski area does not want to operate Hyak or West beyond this
weekend so Central and Alpental are the only options left for the season
at this point. Snowfall this season is still well below normal but
coverage after this past week of storms is good. Night skiing also has
closed for the season so 9am-4pm is the rule from here on out.Base: 6 1/2'

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

After a mostly quiet February, the last 7-8 days kicked ass with about
3' of snow. More snow is predicted the first week of March so at least
our spring riding is looking to be safe. Snow depth reached its max of
the year at 6 1/2' but has settled down to just over 6'.Base: 6'+

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The temps have warmed up into the 30's-40's with sometimes sunshine and
sometimes light rain. Spring like conditions and temps staying above
freezing at night too. There is talk of more snow coming later this
week, so lets hope so. Were going to start needing some snow to see us
through the spring.Base: 4 1/2'

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

After a few days of heavy snow, SL's have now gone over 3,000' and our
new snow has turned to glop. At this point our snowfall for this season
is 26" behind last year but coverage is good most everywhere and temps
have been pretty low this winter so melt has been minimal. Looked out
at my measuring stick this morning and it showed 5 1/2' which should
shrink back down to 5' after the forecast rain the next couple days.
Supposed to be a sunshine weekend, could be nice spring conditions.Base: 5 1/2'

Friday, January 25, 2013

Finally, a couple days of snow! Yesterday morning woke up to about 3"
new and today another 2" but it had changed to mix rain/snow so what did
fall was heavy and wet. Snow levels are now predicted to be hovering
around the pass level so conditions might be challenging of the wet type
instead of rock hard cement. Base: 5'

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

COOOLLLLLDDDDD. It has been clear and cold now for about 2 weeks with
no new snow. A couple of days it actually warmed up into the 40's but
for the most part it has stayed in the 20's during the day and down to
the low-mid teens at night. Very little snow this month, far below
normal. At least there has been no snow melt so we are holding steady.
Hope for more snow soon!Base: 5'

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

We had some snow last week, lots of rain and now freezing temps with
clear cold nights. All that adds up to concrete conditions. Went out
for a ride at Central last night and on the steeper slopes the bullet
proof snow is tough. We really need to get some more snow! Groomers
are the only places to ride right now.Base: 5 1/2'

Friday, December 28, 2012

Opening day for the 12/13 season. Lifts started loading around 9:05am
and there was lots of untracked powder everywhere. Crowds were light due
to this being mid-week.Base: 5'

Sunday, December 16, 2012

It is currently 10:45pm and in the middle of our largest storm so far of
this season. Since 4pm we've received over a foot of snow and
predictions are up to 3' by the end of Monday total. West, Central and
Alpental have opened and Hyak is scheduled for the day after Christmas,
though we where hoping it would be Saturday the 22nd. Nordic starts on
the 21st.... Should be no problem for snow now with this latest storm.Base: 3'+

Friday, December 7, 2012

Tomorrow kicks off the season for Snoqualmie at summit west. 15" of
snow has fallen the past 24hrs and it continues to fall. It is HEAVY and
temps in the low 30's but at least it is snow and it is piling up. Base: 22"

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Well, not much snow has fallen with mayby 8"-10" at the summit but snow
is predicted the rest of this week. Lets hope it is enough to get West
open and get things kick started. White Pass is opening this weekend,
Stevens and Crystal have already been open for a couple weeks (limited
access). Today the SL is down to 2,000' and it is snowing and we hope
enough will fall to get the area open this weekend.Base: 8"

Monday, November 19, 2012

A year ago we were kicking off the season around the state at some of
the areas. This year we are not so lucky yet, but it is snowing hard
today with about 5" new snow this morning. The SL is suppose to go
up/down this week so I don't think we'll be hearing any talk about
opening yet.Base: 8"

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Our first real storm of the season and 11" of snow on the ground, so
cool. Not sure what the forecast is down the road, or how long this
snow will stick around but I sure hope it is here to stay.Base:10"

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Snow is all gone below 5,000' and should be gone at the upper levels by
tomorrow. SL's are now up to around 8,000' and temp at Hyak is running
in the upper 40's and it is RAINING HARD. Nice to have the
precipitation, but we need another cold front to drop down and turn this
to snow. Base: 0

First snowfall, it was predicted and it actually happened. Temps
dropped to the mid 30's and it snowed pretty good. Not enough to
realistically try to board or ski (though some kids did try), we ended
up with about 4" of snow from the afternoon of the 20th til the official
measuring time of early am on the 21st. It snowed more until we ended
up with about 5" of snow to kick off the new snow season. Base: 4"